FIXED PENALTY (SMOKING OFFENCES)
ORDINANCE
full amount of the fixed penalty for the offence together with an additional penalty equal to the amount of the fixed penalty and the sum of $500 by way of costs in accordance with subsection (2), the proceedings shall then terminate.
(2) Payment under subsection (1) shall be made at any magistracy not less than 2 days before the day specified in the summons for the person’s appearance, and the summons shall be produced at the time of payment.
(3) No public holiday shall be included in the computation of the 2 days’ period mentioned in subsection (2).
PART 3
Miscellaneous
14. Protection for public officers acting in good faith
(1) A public officer shall not be personally liable in respect of any act done by him while exercising any of his powers under this Ordinance and within the scope of his employment, if he did that act in the honest belief that he was entitled to do it.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving the Government from liability in respect of the acts of public officers.
(3) In this section, “public officer” (公職人員) includes a person specified as the Authority under section 17(1)(a).
15. Obstruction of public officers
A person who resists or wilfully obstructs a public officer exercising his powers under this Ordinance commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
16. Power to make regulation
The Secretary for Food and Health may by regulation—
- (a) prescribe any notice or certificate which under this Ordinance is to be or may be prescribed;
- (b) specify the persons to whom and the places at which a fixed penalty, an additional penalty or any other sums payable under this Ordinance may be paid;
- (c) specify the manner of payment of a fixed penalty, an additional penalty or any other sums payable under this Ordinance; and
- (d) provide for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance.
